Press releases and statements

Watch the webcast Getting urgently needed search and rescue teams, medical aid and basic sustenance to areas of Haiti devastated by Tuesday's earthquake was a huge task, but the response of the...

14 January 2010: Zimbabwe is still in a major economic crisis with 94 percent unemployment, industries working at less than 40 percent of capacity, rock bottom private sector confidence, little cash...

Province de l'Equateur La situation humanitaire reste préoccupante dans le district du Sud-Ubangi. A ce jour, environ 60 000 personnes déplacées internes ont pu être identifiées. D'autres se...

Staff Member Caught up in Tragedy Sends Eyewitness Account from Port au Prince Port au Prince, 13 January 2010 - A UNEP staff member on mission in Haiti has sent a tragic eyewitness account through...

(Almaty/New York, 13 January 2010): With the support of the Norwegian government, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has been able to supply the last...

On 13 January 2010, the morning after the catastrophic earthquake, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced an allocation of $10 million for emergency response. Since 2006, CERF has allocated nearly...

(Cairo/New York, 12 January 2010): Catherine Bragg, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, today concluded the first leg of her...

The lean season (hunger gap) in Mozambique begins in October and lasts until February. But due to delayed rains in many of the affected areas, this year the lean season is expected to extend into...

The Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund (ERF) aims to help fill critical humanitarian gaps within different sectors through readily available flexible funding for emergency response to: 1. Save lives...

The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated $33.2 million for one of the worst complex emergencies in the world today. Seasonal assessments confirm that Somalia faces its...